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Re: MOST IMPORTANT FOSSIL (A human skull as old as coal!)
Frank Manning (frank@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu)
9 Nov 1996 19:38:05 GMT
In article <E0J7G3.MEs@midway.uchicago.edu> meron@cars3.uchicago.edu
writes:
>In article <55u64s$12j0@news.ccit.arizona.edu>,
>frank@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Frank Manning) writes:
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>> True, the number of bad ideas greatly outweighs the good ones, but
>> there's a difference between strict and unreasonable with regards to
>> the weeding process.
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> True. Are you trying to say that the process, as is, is unreasonable
> or that some individuals may be? If it is the first, I disagree. If
> the second, it is a fact of life in any human activity.
Well, to take a current hot button -- suppose a professor does a study
that shows academic tenure is a bad thing. Just for the sake of argument,
assume the conclusions are valid. How long do you suppose that professor
will have a job if they don't have tenure yet? Regardless of the
individuals involved?
-- Frank Manning
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